Two small groups of Americans are improving their economics while the vast majority struggles. A big reason for average incomes in 2014 being smaller than in 2000 is subtle policies that take … Continue reading The One-Word Reason the Rich Get Richer While the Rest of Us Tread Water? Washington.

There are so many things to deplore about Trump’s recent attacks on Curiel it is difficult to know where to begin. Trump has asserted that Curiel is unfit to hear two lawsuits … Continue reading Why Trump’s Assault on the Judiciary Is the Most Dangerous Thing He’s Done – POLITICO Magazine

The bodies of at least 85 people who drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea were found washed up on beaches near the Libyan city of Zuwarah, a Red This should be … Continue reading Dozens Of Drowned African Refugees Wash Up On Libyan Coast • Africanglobe.net

Prosecutors called Brock Turner a “predator” and the “face of campus sexual assault.” But his defense attorney said Turner was just a college kid who committed a mistake, not a crime. Washington … Continue reading All-American swimmer found guilty of sexually assaulting unconscious woman on Stanford campus – The Washington Post

“BREAKING: @AP finds Clinton reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination for president” Calling the nomination the night before California voters vote for either Hillary or Bernie as … Continue reading The AP calls the nomination for Hillary The night before California votes

Norway’s Dagens Næringsliv newspaper reports that four of the country’s major parties have reached agreement on a proposal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel-powered cars starting in 2025. The … Continue reading Norway Moves Towards Banning Gas-Burning Cars By 2025 – Fortune

The asking price was less than $60,000 for $14,922,261.76 in this zombie debt — or around $.004 for every dollar of debt owed. Purchasing the debt would give … Continue reading John Oliver Buys $15M In Medical Debt, Then Forgives It

Bribery knows no boundaries, or borders. Corruption knows no boundaries, or borders, according to a new study released by The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD analyzed 427 foreign bribery … Continue reading How the world’s biggest companies bribe foreign governments

Back in March, I filed a Freedom of Information request with the FBI asking if the agency had ever wiretapped an Amazon Echo. This week I got a response: “We can neither … Continue reading The FBI Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny Wiretapping Your Amazon Echo

Influencing others is easier than you think. The Washington Post reported on a study done by Ohio State University doctoral student Andrew Luttrell and his team of researchers published in the Journal of Experimental … Continue reading How to win that political argument on Facebook

More than 800 pages of formerly classified NSA documents, including emails sent from the highest levels of government, give unprecedented insight into both Edward Snowden’s final weeks at the agency and its … Continue reading Exclusive: Snowden Tried to Tell NSA About Surveillance Concerns, Documents Reveal

Citizens from nine European nations have rated living conditions in their home countries and those in neighboring countries on a scale of one to 10. Here are the results. Switzerland #1 and … Continue reading This is the country that most Europeans think has the best quality of life